Captain Paul Charles Cuthbert Cayley, Royal Engineers, died on active service on May 25th, 1945, at the age of 38, as the result of an accident.
He was the son of Admiral George Cayley, former Assistant Director of Naval Mobilization, and was educated at Oundle School from 1916 to 1925, specializing in applied science in the last four years. After a short course at the Camborne School of Mines he joined the staff of the Nile Congo Divide Syndicate, Ltd., in September, 1925, and stayed with the company until 1931, prospecting in the Sudan and later in Uganda for alluvial gold and tin.
At the end of 1931 Captain Cayley was appointed by Maroc, Ltd., as engineer in charge of prospecting and production of alluvial gold on their properties in Sierra Leone, and he remained with that company until 1938, when he returned to the Sudan to work on his own account.
Captain Cayley joined the Royal Engineers early in the war and subsequently rose to the rank of captain.
He was elected a Student of the Institution in 1928 and was transferred to Associateship in 1935.
Vol. 55, Trans I.M.M. 1945-6, p. 563
